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Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Talking Points Memo reports on Hillary Clinton imitating the bark of a dog to critique false claims from her GOP rivals:

"One of my favorite political ads of all time was a radio ad in rural Arkansas where the announcer said, 'Wouldn't it be great if somebody running for office said something, we could have an immediate reaction as to whether it was true or not," Clinton said. "'Well, we have trained this dog. And, the dog, if it is not true, he is going to bark.' And the dog was barking on the radio and so you know people were barking at each other for days after that."

Clinton said she wished she knew how to do that for Republicans.

"We need to get that dog and follow them around and every time they say these things like, 'Oh, you know the Great Recession was caused by too much regulation—'" she said before proceeding to bark.

Clinton's conservative enemies reacted in predictable ways, but my question is: Does anyone remember this radio ad? Would be fun to track it down.

More by David Ramsey

The more than 500 pages of court filings recently unsealed by Federal Judge Timothy Brooks in the federal corruption case against former state Sen. Jon Woods include notes from a 2017 meeting between former state Rep. Micah Neal and federal investigators. According to these notes, Neal described what appears to be an accusation by Woods that state. Rep. Tim Summers, then a lobbyist, took kickbacks in exchange for helping to get GIF money for an affiliate of Preferred Family Healthcare where Summers worked on staff.

Governor Asa Hutchinson today announced that Judge Stephen Tabor of Fort Smith will serve as a replacement judge to hear the challenge to Issue One before the Arkansas Supreme Court.

After a challenge filed by a coalition of big business interests opposed to minimum wage increases — including the Chamber of Commerce and the Arkansas Hospital Association — the Arkansas Supreme Court's appointed magistrate is set to hear arguments this week on whether Issue 5 can remain on the ballot.

Little Rock police have identified two women found dead of gunshot wounds in an SUV parked next to a vacant trailer in a mobile home park at 11500 Chicot Road.

Well, the trade war has begun and the early returns for farmers are not good — sharp reductions in the prices for soybeans and corn. You may have heard that Arkansas, which overwhelmingly supported Donald Trump, has some agricultural interests, particularly in soybeans.

It's the New York Times with the news today. Fired FBI Director James Comey kept notes of his talks with Donald Trump. A memo he wrote in February after a meeting with Trump said the president asked him to shut down the investigation into Michael Flynn, his former national security adviser.

by Max Brantley

May 16, 2017

Slideshows

Arkansas vs Ole Miss at War Memorial stadium in Little Rock, Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018. After leading for much of the game, Arkansas lost 37-33 when Ole Miss scored the game winning Touchdown with less that 2 minutes left.